Insole.



E. E. URB.

INSOLE. l (Application med Apr. 11, 1900.) A

No. Y68|.506- Patented Aug. 27, l90l.

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UNrTED STATES ATENT rricn.

EDWARD E. ORB, OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF FOUR- FIFTHS TO M. C. DIZER AND COMPANY AND PRESTON LEWIS, OF SAME PLACE, JOHN B. HADAWAY, OF BROCKTON, AND EDW'ARD D. COX, OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

INSOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,506, dated August 27, 1901.

Application filed April 11, 1900. Serial No. 12,491. (No model.)

T all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. ORB, a citizen of the United States, residing at W'eymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Insoles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- 1o pertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to insoles for boots and shoes, and more particularly to insoles employed in manufacturin gwelted boots and shoes.

It is now quite common in the art to reinforce and strengthen a leather insole by a layer of canvas or other strong textile fabric, which is cemented to the leather body portion and in the case of insoles for welted 2o shoes carried over the lip and cemented to the extended feather. The insole so formed is used in the better grades of welted shoes and has been found to be far superior to all leather insoles formerly employed, besides being z5 somewhat cheaper.

The object of the present invention is to produce an insole for welted shoes which when incorporated in the shoe shall have an appearance similar to the usual reinforced insole and 3o one which,while possessing great strength and wearing qualities, will be much cheaper than those heretofore made.

To the above end the present invention consists of the improved insole, which will be 3 5 hereinafter described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a plan view of the insole looking at the lipped side thereof. Fig. 2

4o shows a transverse sectional view, and Fig.

3 shows a transverse sectional view with the cork iilling omitted.

Similar letters of reference will be employed to designate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, a represents the main or body portion of the insole, which preferably consists of a layer-a of any suitable cheap material-such as felt, shoddy tarred paper, or the like-and a layer a2 of some cheap 5o but strong textile fabric, such as buckram or similar material. The layers a and a2, forming the body portion, may be united in any suitable manner, preferably by cement and also by a line of stitching a3. The lip of the insole is formed by a cord or strip a4, which is secured to one surface of the body portion ct, along the shank and fore part and near the edge thereof, the projecting edge beyond the lip forming the feather d5. The cord or strip a4 is secured in place by means of a reinforcing-layer of canvas or other strong textile fabric a, which is cemented to the body portion of the insole, carried over the cord or strip aand cemented to the feather a5. For further security I prefer to run lines of stitches a7 and a8 along opposite sides of the strip and passing through the reinforcing-covering a6 and the body portion a.

It is of course understood that the lipped surface of the insole shown uppermost in the 7o drawings is the under surface and is turned next the outer sole in the shoe.

For the purpose of imparting a finished appearance to the upper surface of the insole, which appears on the inner side of the shoe, and providing a smooth bearing for the foot the said inner or upper surface is covered with a thin sheet of leather a9, which is preferably somewhat larger than the body portion a and which is cemented to the body portion 8o and has its edge turned up over the feather d5 and against the outer face of the lip d4, the edges of the leather covering being scalloped or otherwise formed, as shown at d10, so as to readily conform to the curves of the body portion.

It will be noted that by using the leather covering, which extends over the edge of the feather, the raw edge of the canvas reinforce will be covered and prevented from fraying out, and, furthermore, by laying the edge of the leather covering against the lip the stitches of the inseam will pass therethrough, thus rmly holding it in the shoe.

If desired, a filling a, of cork and cement 95 or other suitable filling composition, may be inserted between the reinforcing-covering a and the body portion a, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having described the construction of my improved insole, I claim as new and desire roo to protect by Letters Patent of the United body portion, turned over the edge of the 1o Statesfeather and against the outer surface of the As an article 0E manufacturem insole comlip, substantially as described. prising a, body portion, a lip-forming cord or In testimony whereof I affix my slgnztture 5 strip secured to one surface thereof, a layer in presence of two witnesses.

of reinforcing material cemented to the body EDWARD E. ORR. portion, carried over the lip-forming cord and Witnesses:

secured to the feather, and a inishing-cover- VENDEL'L T. DIZER,

ing cemented to the opposite surface of the CHARLES B. CUSHING. 

